Articles secured to wire and method of securing same



F. E. AND C. G. WOOD. ARTICLES SECURED T0 WIRE AND METHOD OF SECURING SAME. APPLICATION FILED OCTLIV, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. WOOD AND CLARENCE G. WOOD, 0F GIRARI), PENNSYLVANIA.

ARTICLES SECURED TO WIRE AND METHOD OF SECURING SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

Application filed October 1, 1919. Serial No. 327,656.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK 11. 0013 and CLARENCE Gr. lVoon, citizens of the United States, residing at Girard, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Articles Secured to Fire and Methods of Securing the Same, of which the following is a specification.

In the manufacture of many articles, particularly toys, it is common to secure wheels and different articles to wire rods or axles. Various methods have been provided for securing such articles to wire. The present invention relates to an improved method of securing objects to wire and to the article so formed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows 2- Figure 1 shows a fragment of wire.

Fig. 2 a portion of the dies for swaging the wire.

Fig. 3 a side elevation of the swaged wire.

Fig. 4 a cross section on the line 44: in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 a side elevation of an article to be secured to the wire, in this instance a small sheet metal disk.

Fig. 6 a section on the line 6-6 in Fig. 5.

. Fig. 7 an alternative construction of disk.

Fig. 8 a section on the line 88 in Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 an elevation showing the disk in place prior to securing it on the wire.

Fig. 10 a section of a fragment of the dies in posit-ion to operate on the wire and disk.

Fig. 11 a side elevation, partly in section, showing the completed article.

Fig. 12 a construction in which the plate and disk are laminated.

1 marks the wire, 2-2 the swaged ribs on the wire, 3 a metal disk, and at the opening through the disk.

The wire as shown in Fig. 1 is first put under the dies 55 having the portions 6-6 conforming to the surface of the wire and the side parts 77 for swaging the wire to form the ribs 2, thus distorting or changing the cross section of the wire. The disk is formed in the usual manner by a punching machine and threaded on the wire as shown in Fig. 9. The wire is then placed in the openings 88 in the dies 9-9. These dies preferably have a slight cup 10 adjacent to the opening on the face. As the dies are closed the ends of the wires contact the ends of the openings 8 and the wire is located when the dies complete their movement so that approximately the center of the swaged portion of the wire is at the face of the dies. As the dies advance the disk is forced on to the swaged portion, thus making its own key-way and the swaged portion of metal is forced outwardly on the face of the disk forming shoulders 11 on each face of the disk, thus not only locking the disk against rotation on the wire but securing it thereto. The disk preferably has a slight off-set at its center and the protruding part of this offsetis in advance as the parts are forced together in the manner shown in Fig. 10. This slight depression assures a position of the metal plate forming the metal disk in ad vance of the upsetting action on the swage portion 2 of the metal. While this is preferable and gives a greater shoulder at this side of the disk the shoulders will be formed and the disk secured even though the disk be entirely flat.

In Figs. 7 and 8 we show the disk with an opening P, the opening having slots 12 conforming to the rib 2. Possibly if the plate were extremely heavy this might be desirable but with the ordinary thickness of plate we have used in dies we have found that the opening 4 conforming to the general shape of the wire operates perfectly.

In some instances it is desired to have the plate 3 laminated. In Fig. 12 it is so shown, the two parts 3 being metal plates and the central plate 3 being of paper. This is forced on in exactly the same manner and secured in the same manner, the only difference in process being that the movement of the dies should be adjusted to allow for the added thickness of the laminated plate.

IVhat we claim as new is 1. An article of manufacture comprising a wire; and a plate secured on the wire, the portion of the wire within the plate having a distorted cross section, and portions of the wire being swaged out and against the sides of the plate.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a wire; and a laminated plate secured on the wire, the portion of the wire within the plate having a distorted cross section, and portions of the wire being swaged out and against the sides of the plate.

3. The method of securing wire to articles which consists in swaging a portion of the wire to change its cross section, forming the article with an opening therein, forcing the article on to the swaged portion, and forcing the swaged metal outwardly and against the sides of the article.

4. The method of securing wire to articles which consists in swaging a portion of the Wire to change its cross section, forcing the article onto the swaged portion, and simultaneously forcing the swaged metal out- .Wardly and against the sides of the article.

5. The method of securing Wire to articles which consists in swaging a portionof the Wire to change its cross section, placing an article on the Wire, placing the wire in dies having openings conforming to the general cross section of the Wire, closing the dies to force the article on to the swaged' portion of the Wire and to upset the swaged portion of the Wire against the sides of the article.

6. The method of securing Wire to articles Which consists in swaging a portion of the Wire to change its cross section, placing an article on the Wire, placing the Wire in dies having openings conforming to the general cross section of the wire, closing the dies to force the article on to the swaged portion of the Wire and-to upset the swaged portion of the Wire against the sides of the article, one hole of the dies being limited to position the swaged portion With relation to the dies.

7. The method of securing Wire to articles which consists in swaging a portion of the wire to change its cross section, placing an In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands FRANK WOOD. CLARENCE e. WOOD. V 

